Whole Foods grocery has lots of healthy products, but their inflated prices aren't good for my financial health! Shopping at Whole foods without spending a fortune requires some simple strategies. Whole Foods is where I shop after hitting my local Target and/or Trader Joe's store. The organic products that I can't find at those lower priced stores are the ones I shop for at Whole Foods. I have learned from having to throw out expired perishible fruits and vegetables to buy fresh products in smaller quanities. Instead of buying a big bunch of bananas I will split that bunch in half and buy only a few bananas.
When Whole Foods puts nonperishible or frozen products that I normally buy on sale I stock up. After my most recent shopping trip I have enough canned soup to last for weeks! The down side of stocking up on sale items is that it temps me to buy bad products.
I bought several almond yogurts in various flavors because it was on sale. When I got up to the cash register the cashier told me that if I bought 2 more I would get a 10% case discount. Yippee! I snapped up 2 more almond yogurts and got my extra 10% discount. When I got home I tore open a container and after a few bites it was obvious I did NOT want to eat 9 more containers of this product, so immediately I returned all the unopened containers of yogurt and got my money back with no problem. Yes, you can return food at Whole Foods with a receipt! The 10% off case price is good on products throughout the store, look for the quanitiy that makes a "case" on the price label.
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